I have made my own pinblock reamers from bits in which I grind away all the cutting edges for the first inch or so of the bit. It makes for an accurate pilot without chewing a sideways hole on the way in. Takes about 60 seconds with a Dremel tool. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html -----Original Message----- From: Jim Ialeggio I'm actually thinking of having WL Fuller regrind these so that the 1st 1" is a 1/4" non-cutting pilot step drill... but haven't had that done that yet. Jim Ialeggio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130307/b21ef2bc/attachment.htm>
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